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Cruiser USS Nashville, General Douglas MacArthur’s flagship during the Leyte Gulf operations, at anchor off Leyte, Philippine Islands, about 21 Oct 1944. Note destroyer USS Bush at right.	Elco 80-foot PT-523 alongside escort carrier USS Manila Bay returning downed pilot and aircrewman east of Leyte Gulf, 22 Oct 1944. Note the aircraft style National insignia on top of the chart house.	Japanese Center Force departing Brunei Bay for the Philippine Islands, 22 Oct 1944	Jewish women being rounded up on Wesselényi Street, Budapest, Hungary, 22 Oct 1944

Musashi underway off Brunei, Borneo, 22 Oct 1944	Soviet T-34-85 tank of 36th Guards Tank Brigade of Soviet 4th Guards Mechanized Corps in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, late Oct 1944	Guerilla leader Ruperto Kangleon reports to Douglas MacArthur at Leyte liberation ceremony, Tacloban, Philippines, 23 Oct 1944	Japanese 25mm dual mount anti-aircraft gun in its revetment on the causeway to Cabras Island, Apra Harbor, Guam, Mariana Islands, 23 Oct 1944

MacArthur and Osmeña en route to Leyte liberation ceremony, 23 Oct 1944	MacArthur, Osmeña, Kreuger, Sutherland at Leyte liberation ceremony, Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines, 23 Oct 1944	Major General T. V. Zhdanov of Soviet 4th Guards Mechanized Corps in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, late Oct 1944	Map depicting the American invasion of Leyte and the Leyte Gulf battles in the Philippine Islands, 17-25 Oct 1944

Profile of MacArthur shortly after fulfilling his promise to return, Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines, 23 Oct 1944. Note Sergio Osmeña behind MacArthur.	A water plume from a torpedo striking against the bow of super-battleship Musashi rises high in the air during the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, 24 Oct 1944	Activity continues on the flight deck of USS Essex as a crashed Japanese airplane burns off the starboard bow, 24 Oct 1944 off Luzon in the Philippines. Note Number 1 5-inch/38 caliber gun mount at right.	An Achilles 17pdr tank destroyer crossing the River Savio on a Churchill ARK which was driven into the river, Italy, 24 Oct 1944

Badly damaged carrier USS Princeton burns as cruiser Reno and destroyer Morrison close in to offer assistance, 24 Oct 1944 as seen from USS Essex off Luzon in the Philippines.	Battleship Fuso and cruiser Mogami under aerial attack by American aircraft in Philippine waters, 24 Oct 1944	Battleship Fuso or Yamashiro under American air attack in Philippine waters, 24 Oct 1944	Battleship Nagato and a Nachi-class cruiser under attack, Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, 24 Oct 1944; photograph taken by an aircraft from USS Intrepid